Foot abrasion assembly

ABSTRACT

A foot abrasion assembly for removing dead skin from feet includes a pad that may be positioned in a shower thereby facilitating the pad to be stood upon during bathing. A plurality of couplers is provided and each of the couplers is coupled to the pad. Each of the couplers releasably engages the shower to retain the pad in the shower. A sheet is removably attached to the pad thereby facilitating the sheet to be stood upon during bathing. The sheet is comprised of an abrasive material to abrade a bottom side of the user&#39;s feet for removal of dead skin.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to abrasion devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new abrasion device for removing dead skinfrom feet.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a pad that may be positioned in a shower therebyfacilitating the pad to be stood upon during bathing. A plurality ofcouplers is provided and each of the couplers is coupled to the pad.Each of the couplers releasably engages the shower to retain the pad inthe shower. A sheet is removably attached to the pad therebyfacilitating the sheet to be stood upon during bathing. The sheet iscomprised of an abrasive material to abrade a bottom side of the user'sfeet for removal of dead skin.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective in-use view of a foot abrasion assemblyaccording to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a front view of pad and sheets of an embodiment of thedisclosure.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of pad of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3 of anembodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through4 thereof, a new abrasion device embodying the principles and conceptsof an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the foot abrasion assembly 10generally comprises a pad 12 that is positioned in the shower 14 therebyfacilitating the pad 12 to be stood upon. The pad 12 has a top surface16 and a bottom surface 18, and the pad 12 may be comprised of a fluidimpermeable material such as rubber or the like. The shower 14 may be abathing shower in a residence or the like. A plurality of couplers 20 isprovided and each of the couplers 20 is coupled to the pad 12. Each ofthe couplers 20 releasably engages the shower 14 to retain the pad 12 inthe shower 14. The pad 12 may have a width ranging between approximately75.0 cm and 85.0 cm thereby facilitating the pad 12 to extend upwardlyalong sidewalls of the shower when the pad 12 is positioned in theshower.

Each of the couplers 20 is attached to the bottom surface 18 of the pad12 and the couplers 20 are spaced apart from each other and aredistributed on the bottom surface 18. Each of the couplers 20 has adistal end 22 with respect to the bottom surface 18. Moreover, each ofthe couplers 20 flares outwardly between the bottom surface 18 and thedistal end 22 such that each of the couplers 20 defines a suction cup 24for suctionally engaging the shower 14. A plurality of first matingmembers 26 is provided and each of the first mating members 26 iscoupled to the top surface 16 of the pad 12. Each of the first matingmembers 26 may be a hook portion of a hook and loop fastener or a panelof water proof adhesive.

A sheet 28 is removably attached to the pad 12 thereby facilitating thesheet 28 to be stood upon. The sheet 28 is comprised of an abrasivematerial such as sand paper or the like. Thus, the sheet 28 abrades abottom side 30 of the user's feet 32 for removal of dead skin. Moreover,water from the shower 14 softens the dead skin on the bottom side 30 ofthe user's feet 32 thereby enhancing removing the dead skin. The sheet28 has an upper surface 34 and a lower surface 36, and the sheet 28 mayhave abrasion qualities similar to that of pumice stone or othersimilar, foot manicure tools. The sheet 28 may have a width that isequal to the width of the pad 12 thereby facilitating the sheet 28 toextend upwardly along the sidewalls of the shower 14. In this way thesheet 28 is positioned to facilitates outer sides 38 of the user's feet32 to be abraded on the sheet 28.

A plurality of second mating members 40 is coupled to the lower surface36 of the sheet 28. Each of the second mating members 40 releasablyengages one of the first mating members 26 to retain the sheet 28 on thepad 12. Additionally, each of the second mating members 40 may be a loopportion of a hook and loop fastener or a panel of water proof adhesive.

In use, the pad 12 is positioned in the shower 14 such that each of thecouplers 20 engages a floor of the shower 14. In this way the pad 12 isretained on the floor thereby facilitating the user to stand on the pad12 during bathing. The user stands on the sheet 28 during bathing suchthat the water from the shower 14 has time to thoroughly soak the bottomside 30 of the user's feet 32. In this way the dead skin on the bottomside 30 of the user's feet 32 is softened. The user begins rubbing theuser's feet 32 along the sheet 28 to abrade the dead skin from thebottom side 30 of the user's feet 32, especially the heel and the ballof the foot. Moreover, the shower 14 continually washes the dead skinaway from the sheet 28 during the abrasion process. In this way generalmaintenance of the bottom side 30 of the feet 32 can be performed aswell as removal of corns, warts and other skin maladies common to thebottom side 30 of feet 32.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

1. A foot abrasion assembly being configured to be positioned in ashower thereby facilitating the user to stand thereon for abrading theuser's feet, said assembly comprising: a pad being positioned in theshower thereby facilitating said pad to be stood upon during bathing; aplurality of couplers, each of said couplers being coupled to said pad,each of said couplers releasably engaging the shower to retain said padin the shower; and a sheet being removably attached to said pad therebyfacilitating said sheet to be stood upon during bathing, said sheetbeing comprised of an abrasive material being exposed on said sheetwherein said sheet is configured to abrade a bottom side of the user'sfeet for removal of dead skin; a first mating member being coupled tosaid pad; and a second mating member being coupled to said sheet, saidsecond mating member releasably engaging said first mating member toretain said sheet on said pad.
 2. The assembly according to claim 1,wherein: said pad has a top surface and a bottom surface; and each ofsaid couplers is attached to said bottom surface of said pad, saidcouplers being spaced apart from each other and being distributed onsaid bottom surface.
 3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein eachof said couplers has a distal end with respect to said bottom surface,each of said couplers flaring outwardly between said bottom surface andsaid distal end such that each of said couplers defines a suction cupfor suctionally engaging the shower.
 4. The assembly according to claim2, further comprising said first mating member being coupled to said topsurface of said pad.
 5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein: saidsheet has an upper surface and a lower surface; and said second matingmember being coupled to said lower surface of said sheet.
 6. A footabrasion assembly being configured to be positioned in a shower therebyfacilitating the user to stand thereon for abrading the user's feet,said assembly comprising: a pad being positioned in the shower therebyfacilitating said pad to be stood upon during bathing, said pad having atop surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of couplers, each of saidcouplers being coupled to said pad, each of said couplers releasablyengaging the shower to retain said pad in the shower, each of saidcouplers being attached to said bottom surface of said pad, saidcouplers being spaced apart from each other and being distributed onsaid bottom surface, each of said couplers having a distal end withrespect to said bottom surface, each of said couplers flaring outwardlybetween said bottom surface and said distal end such that each of saidcouplers defines a suction cup for suctionally engaging the shower; afirst mating member being coupled to said top surface of said pad; asheet being removably attached to said pad thereby facilitating saidsheet to be stood upon during bathing, said sheet being comprised of anabrasive material being exposed on said sheet wherein said sheet isconfigured to abrade a bottom side of the user's feet for removal ofdead skin, said sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface; and asecond mating member being coupled to said lower surface of said sheet,said second mating member releasably engaging said first mating memberto retain said sheet on said pad.